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Content preview: Jim et al., Harold Forsyth, Larry Neily, Kathy Postma (visiting
from Moncton), and I were able to see the Ross's Goose on Saturday (26 Oct)
morning at about ten. We were able to see the goose briefly from College
Rd, it flew with many Canada Geese to a field closer to the Chester Rd. We
drove there and set up in the parking lot of the Worship Center, the Ross's
Goose was with about six hundred Canada Geese and four Black Ducks. We had
great looks, as it was close to the edge of the flock, in bright light about
200-300 meters away. [...]
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Jim et al.,
Harold Forsyth, Larry Neily, Kathy Postma (visiting from Moncton), and I
were able to see the Ross's Goose on Saturday (26 Oct) morning at about
ten. We were able to see the goose briefly from College Rd, it flew with
many Canada Geese to a field closer to the Chester Rd. We drove there and
set up in the parking lot of the Worship Center, the Ross's Goose was with
about six hundred Canada Geese and four Black Ducks. We had great looks, as
it was close to the edge of the flock, in bright light about 200-300 meters
away.
Jim you were not the only birder to have missed the Hartlin Pt. Goose,
neither Harold nor I had seen a Ross's Goose until Saturday morning.
Thanks for posting,
George Forsyth
Quoting "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>:
> OCT. 24, 2013 - In the afternoon I drove TO WINDSOR and got very
lucky
> -- this WILD GOOSE CHASE went very well indeed! At about 4:30 p.m.
I
> spotted a distant flock of about 300 Canada geese to the north of Dill
> Road and close to the Gladys Manning Retirement Community on College
> Road. The bright sunlight was still on this flock, and I could easily
> see with my binoculars a brilliantly white but diminutive sleeping goose
> (many of the geese were sleeping).
>
> I was able to spot the geese from about a kilometre toward Chester on
> Hwy. 14 from Curry's Corner (where King St. goes toward Windsor town).
>
> Then I drove to College Road and drove past the Dill farm (pumpkins)
> to where Manning Drive goes off and up into the Manning Retirement
> Community.
>
> The geese were quite close to COLLEGE ROAD, and I had to shade my
eyes
> to view them. I quickly found the sleeping ROSS'S GOOSE, and I again
> was lucky that it and many other geese were just waking up after their
> slumber.
>
> I am probably the only birder in Central N.S. who did not see
> the ROSS'S GOOSE at the Hartlen Pt. Golf Course months ago, but I am
> experienced with this species from my 12 years in Alberta. I noted the
> black wing-tips and then could see the very stubby beak as it preened
> and foraged.
>
> And that's the end of my happy story for today.
>
> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville
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<p>Jim et al.,<br>
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Harold Forsyth, Larry Neily, Kathy Postma (visiting from Moncton), and I were able to see the Ross's Goose on Saturday (26 Oct) morning at about ten. We were able to see the goose briefly from College Rd, it flew with many Canada Geese to a field closer to the Chester Rd. We drove there and set up in the parking lot of the Worship Center, the Ross's Goose was with about six hundred Canada Geese and four Black Ducks. We had great looks, as it was close to the edge of the flock, in bright light about 200-300 meters away.<br>
<br>
Jim you were not the only birder to have missed the Hartlin Pt. Goose, neither Harold nor I had seen a Ross's Goose until Saturday morning.<br>
<br>
Thanks for posting,<br>
George Forsyth<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Quoting "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>:</p>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;"><b>OCT. 24, 2013</b> - </font>In the afternoon I drove<b> to Windsor</b> and got very lucky -- this <b>wild goose chase</b> went very well indeed! At about 4:30 p.m. I spotted a distant flock of about 300 Canada geese to the north of Dill Road and close to the Gladys Manning Retirement Community on College Road. The bright sunlight was still on this flock, and I could easily see with my binoculars a brilliantly white but diminutive sleeping goose (many of the geese were sleeping).</div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px;"> </div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;">I was able to spot the geese from about a kilometre toward Chester on Hwy. 14 from Curry's Corner (where King St. goes toward Windsor town).</font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px;"> </div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;">Then I drove to College Road and drove past the Dill farm (pumpkins) to where Manning Drive goes off and up into the Manning Retirement Community.</font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px;"> </div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;">The geese were quite close to <b>College Road,</b> and I had to shade my eyes to view them. I quickly found the sleeping <b>Ross's goose</b>, and I again was lucky that it and many other geese were just waking up after their slumber. </font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px;"> </div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;">I am probably the only birder in Central N.S. who did not see the <b>Ross's goose</b> at the Hartlen Pt. Golf Course months ago, but I am experienced with this species from my 12 years in Alberta. I noted the black wing-tips and then could see the very stubby beak as it preened and foraged.</font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px;"> </div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;">And that's the end of my happy story for today.</font></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville </font></div>
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